March 01, 2014, 10:38AM

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The rising popularity of hummus across the nation has been good for farmers like Aaron Flansburg. Flansburg, who farms 1,900 acres amid the rolling hills of southeastern Washington, has been increasing the amount of the chickpeas used to make hummus by about one-third each year to take advantage of good prices and demand. "I hope... Full story »

June 15, 2009, 5:38AM

Sometimes, it's not what you take out of your diet but what you add that has the power to lower your lousy LDL cholesterol, raise your healthy HDL cholesterol and maybe chip away at your risk of diabetes. The newest addition to your power arsenal, and your plate, is chickpeas, aka garbanzo beans, the luscious legume that's pureed to... Full story »